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Car makes chirping noise when idle

Whenever it rains and I have my car in drive (idling at say an stop sign or intersection), I can hear my car chirp. If I give it gas or shift it to neutral, the chirping sound goes away. When I have the AC on, the car will chirp even in neutral, but will not chirp when I give it gas.

Well I'm about 99 percent sure its on correctly. The other one wasnt giving me trouble but someone suggested it could be that so I went and ran with it--wasn't ready to spend more money on a tensioner and fund out it ws just the belt

Babying the car has nothing to do with the serpintine belt tensioner....they are spring loaded and set to a predetermined spring tenstion. They fatigue over time....Also you will want to pay close attention to any idler pulleys in the belt system.....Alternator bearings have a tendency to momentarily elicit a loud squeak...then go away...and back again...the idler bearings do the same thing too.